Luis Felipe Tovar

Acting

Luis Felipe Tovar

Born

1961-12-31 (64)

Place of birth

Puebla, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

79 titles

Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 31, 1961 in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor. He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba. He has been awarded three times with the Ariel Award: 1993, Principio y Fin, 1995, El Callejón de los Milagros and 1997, Sin remitente. In 2003 he left his old school of performance to open the bar Muxe, whose clients are mainly homosexuals. He has a son named Timoteo and a daughter named Maria Fernanda.

Known for

The Inmate poster
7.0

A former U.S. Marine, Lázaro Mendoza, enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple murder. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous band of inmates and guards that operate inside and outside of prison who are the prime suspects of the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of U.S. Judge, John Morris. Inside La Rotunda, Lázaro has to find out who carried out the kidnapping and the whereabouts of the girl.

The Inmate

2018

Cuando seas mía poster
7.8

Cuando Seas Mia is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca. It was the second reunion for Silvia Navarro and Sergio Basañez as protagonists.

Cuando seas mía

2001

Your Love Is My Fortune poster
7.7

My fortune is loving you tells the story of Natalia and Chente, who both suffer different situations that change their lives instantly. Natalia comes from a high social position; however, she loses everything when Adrián, her husband, leaves her for what was "her best friend" after 20 years of marriage, in addition, he leaves her on the street and penniless. Vicente, from a different socioeconomic class than Natalia, falls into the hands of a financial fraud that also leaves him in a very difficult economic situation, adding the recent loss of Lucía, his wife, at the hands of a bank robbery in which she was. For Natalia and Chente, they have no choice but to live under the same roof, with which, upon meeting the relationship, they will go through a lot of ups and downs of emotions when they try to resolve their personal situations.

Your Love Is My Fortune

2021

Mujeres Asesinas poster
7.3

An anthology series featuring women from different walks of life who are driven to violence and murder because of circumstances varying from mental illness and domestic violence to humiliation and manipulation.

Mujeres Asesinas

2022

Mujeres infieles 2 poster
6.2

Anthology movie, three stories about marriages in crisis.

Mujeres infieles 2

2003

Natural Born Narco poster
9.4

Aurelio Casillas is a boy who aims high in life; he becomes close to Don Cleto, a dangerous criminal; together they build an empire, but also are met with an inevitable encounter with destiny.

Natural Born Narco

2022

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Insecta poster
NR

A celebrated horror novelist returns to an isolated estate to say goodbye to her dying father, only to discover that the monstrous imaginary insect that tormented her childhood may have been real all along.

Insecta

2026

El Diablo poster
NR

A cartel worker demonstrates his skill at climbing, but a series of violent events complicates the Devil's path to power.

El Diablo

2025

Mi Canción poster
8.1

"Mi Canción" follows the rise of young Guadalajara rapper C-Kan, as he realizes the danger he put himself in by working with the local Cartel. After falling in love with Valeria, she convinces him to leave this llife of crime and pursue his dream and become a Rap star. Conflicted, he decides to stop working with the Cartel, but that is easier said than done!

Mi Canción

2021

¡Suerte! poster
7.0

Young musician Iván Cornejo embarks on a journey to Mexico to seek inspiration from his roots, where a great adventure awaits him.

¡Suerte!

2024

Mighty Victoria poster
7.4

Feature film located at the beginning of the 20th-century which tells the story of the town "La Esperanza", whose dying mining boom receives a fatal blow.

Mighty Victoria

2021

Chilangolandia poster
7.2

Mexico City, or "Chilangolandia," is a chaotic metropolis where millions of stories take place every day. Some of them are part of this fun comedy full of familiar characters and others that defy stereotypes. Ramiro is a taxi driver who hopes his problems will end when his nephew "El Chulo" becomes a national soccer star. On the other hand, Carmen and Miguel are couple who unexpectedly receive a suitcase with a large sum of money, just what they need to get out of their financial situation. But when the true owners of the cash realize that it fell into the wrong hands, endless adventures and misunderstandings break out within this complex city.

Chilangolandia

2021

2010s · 9 titles

Curse of the Mayans poster
3.6

Danielle Noble (played by Carla Ortiz) and her team of expert cave divers led by an ambitious american archaeologist (Steve Wilcox), undertake an expedition in search of the lost Mayan Library, without imagining they will instead find the hidden gates of hell known as Xib'alb'a.

Curse of the Mayans

2017

Las hijas del narco poster
4.2

A middle-class family goes into a crisis after the father’s death. After mourning their father, the family now realizes that life is not easy, especially when they discover what their father real job was.

Las hijas del narco

2016

One for the Road poster
7.0

Friday night in Mexico City... guided by three different ways of understanding the world, 20-year-olds, Juan, Rodrigo and Christian live after-hour adventures of friendship, love, and respect in a city marked by social differences.

One for the Road

2010

Zona Invadida poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Zona Invadida

2015

Con mis propias manos poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Con mis propias manos

2015

Todos hemos pecado poster
6.3

No one could ever imagine that one day La Chingada Vieja would fall in love. Because she is always alone, because no one has ever turn to see her, because everyone is always closing the door at her nose, because when they feel her coming they cross themselves, but most of all because no one could ever fall in love with death. But El Hombre sin nombre, has appeared in her life for good. Only the confusion of an avenging town and the desire of four men to arrive to heaven could change the plans of these two beings. Of whom the purist feelings alive have resurrected them.

Todos hemos pecado

2011

Morgana poster
6.2

A young girl is hunted by her nightmares

Morgana

2012

I Am Pepito poster
3.0

Humor, crime, action, drama, compassion and risk are the ingredients that this wonderful story uses to create a scenario that seems to be a dead-end and a worst nightmare, that will be resolved in the most surprising, unexpected and fun way. Taking Pepito from victim to supposed thug and from supposed thug to hero.

I Am Pepito

2018

The Fifth Commandment poster
3.8

Víctor, a psychopath, loves carving crosses onto women post-mortem, blames paedophile priest and mother-in-denial for his behaviour, falls in love with one of his intended victims and decides to give up his adopted lifestyle. An alcoholic detective (he’s mourning his sister’s passing), eventually tracks down Víctor, and manages to break his habit with the bottle.

The Fifth Commandment

2012

2000s · 28 titles

Mujeres infieles 2 poster
6.2

Anthology movie, three stories about marriages in crisis.

Mujeres infieles 2

2003

The Mexican poster
6.0

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.

The Mexican

2001

Never Too Young to Dream poster
6.2

A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.

Never Too Young to Dream

2001

The Virgin of Lust poster
6.8

In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?

The Virgin of Lust

2002

Don de Dios poster
7.6

Tepito is a neighborhood of Mexico City, where the dreams of many destitute people become real. But Tepito is also run by organized crime and corrupt politicians, impunity reigns and justice is non- existent. Here will take place the story of two foolishly proud young men, who were once best childhood friends, and now are blinded by greed and turn against each other. Their intentions are to destroy their families and eventually their own lives.

Don de Dios

2005

Life Kills poster
5.7

A romantic comedy of our times about passion, friendship and lies, on one of those days when the city and its inhabitants go crazy and anything seems possible. Diego and Silvia meet each other and fall in love thanks to their masterly lies. The morning after, with their respective friends, they remember the encounter and slowly begin to realize how sincere and honest that relationship was. When the opportunity arises, both struggle to meet again on a day in which a sudden and unusual disorder reigns in Mexico City.

Life Kills

2002

El Carretonero poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

El Carretonero

2000

Barrio 13 al desnudo II poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Barrio 13 al desnudo II

2002

Gimme Power poster
6.7

When a Mexican film director becomes fed up with the crime and corruption in his homeland, he decides to single-handedly take on a powerful band of criminals.

Gimme Power

2000

Such is Life poster
5.4

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, the helping of her caring, but cynical godmother, is not enough to prevent Julia from plotting her revenge.

Such is Life

2001

Born Without poster
NR

'Born Without' is a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose Flores. "Born without arms and other limbs, Jose supports his large family by playing the harmonica throughout Mexico. In the face of adversity, he shows great courage and spiritual strength. This is a film with multiple layers. It is about sharing, daring and being grateful for what we have. It is also an exploration of social values, some of them controversial. Many of Jose's choices have been strongly criticized by his family and people around him. As a result, this is also a film about self discovery: a way to explore what we judge ... and what we choose to accept and forgive."

Born Without

2008

Gente Comun poster
5.7

Mexican drug kingpin Papi enters a turf war against a team of American mafia intruders led by Mesías. But while the battle rages, the Korean mob sees an opportunity to seize power while its enemies fight each other.

Gente Comun

2006

Hounded on a Carnival Monday poster
4.7

In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough moral decisions in order for them to survive under the political oppression. Even Carnival, with all its colorfulness and celebration, cant disguise the mounting tension between the villagers and government making the girls coming of age all the more difficult when the two collide. This movie combines attractive visual scenes with a highly sensual atmosphere as Florencia fights and uses all her resources and beauty to survive and find revenge.

Hounded on a Carnival Monday

2002

The Ruination of Men poster
6.1

A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.

The Ruination of Men

2000

Superhéroe poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Superhéroe

2004

The Magic Hour poster
4.4

Minerva, a middle age writer, decides to break the uncertainty that prevents her from creating the novel that for years she has nested in her mind. Unintentionally, she returns to the port where she was born and she encounters a past full of ghosts and chimeras. Paradoxically, she founds herself because of this journey back home, so she begins writing the story of her life, of her own childhood, with its magical past and tragedy.

The Magic Hour

2000

Barrio 13 poster
5.2

Beginning and ending with the endless promises of Mexican politicians, Barrio 13 is a film based on the daily life of many Mexicans and Central Americans who struggle with the current realities: poverty, despair, misery and political betrayal.

Barrio 13

2000

La Linterna Mágica a la Inquisición poster
6.0

Andrew Oehler, illusionist and tailor's apprentice, born in Germany, departs to travel the world in search for his dreams. He takes his magic lantern and finally arrives in Mexico in 1805 bedazzling people wherever he goes. Can a few lights and mirrors provoke the wrath of the Inquisition?

La Linterna Mágica a la Inquisición

2009

Pandillero traficante poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pandillero traficante

2003

7 Mujeres, 1 Homosexual y Carlos poster
5.3

Carlos (Mauricio Ochmann), 21 years old, decides to get married to Camila (Adriana Fonseca), his 18-year-old girlfriend, when he finds out that she was pregnant while he was away for five years.

7 Mujeres, 1 Homosexual y Carlos

2004

Venganza cumplida poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Venganza cumplida

2004

Fantasías poster
6.6

The movie tells the story of a middle-class couple with two teenage children and a boring sex life, in search of new experiences- first with their sexy maid. Later with the advice of an older female friend who has swinger lifestyle with her husband, they decide to explore the possibility of sparking fresh passion by hooking up with a swinger couple. But then, problems arrive when they start to get blackmailed by the male swinger, who wants money to not show some private pictures of the wife. Written by lament

Fantasías

2004

Me importas tú... y tú poster
5.5

Nerdy college boy gets romantic advice from the apparition of a dead film star.

Me importas tú... y tú

2009

Esclavo y amo poster
4.4

A retired policeman falls for a beautiful woman involved in the kidnapping of a judge's daughter.

Esclavo y amo

2003

Las perversiones del padre José poster
3.4

Father Jose hides under the cassock the lowest instincts a man can have, where lust seizes his being and commits unforgivable sins by raping a young nun with a true vocation to serve God, causing death by infecting her with AIDS.

Las perversiones del padre José

2003

Santo: Infraterrestre poster
4.8

The Son of Santo must defeat aliens who have been hiding underground on Earth in preparation for an invasion.

Santo: Infraterrestre

2001

Lucía, Lucía poster
5.2

Lucia, an children's book author, tells the story of her husband's disappearance. One day on their way to Brazil he just disappears. She goes to the police, gets a ransom note, and makes friends with the old dude downstairs and the young dude upstairs as she tries to find him. Things take a bit of a twist as she realized the kidnapping may not be as simple as it seems on the surface.

Lucía, Lucía

2003

Cuando llegan los mojados poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cuando llegan los mojados

2003

1990s · 16 titles

Midaq Alley poster
7.3

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.

Midaq Alley

1995

Bienvenido-Welcome poster
6.2

During a business trip, a married man (José) has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of AIDS". Later, his wife Maria, unaware of the situation, makes love to her husband when he is drunk. The consequences of the contagion are devastating. José and María find the support of a group of filmmakers who decide to make a film of their story.

Bienvenido-Welcome

1995

Recipes to Stay Together poster
5.9

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending a ten-year marriage, Carlos and Susana try to fall in love with other people without success. As the days go by, Carlos realizes that without Susana he is unable to do many things, including distinguishing cilantro from parsley.

Recipes to Stay Together

1996

The Beginning and the End poster
7.7

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the novel of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.

The Beginning and the End

1994

The Stork's Mistake poster
7.6

India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.

The Stork's Mistake

1993

Maldito amor: Demasiado tarde poster
6.7

A once-wealthy dreamer arrives in Mexico City, hoping for a fresh start. However, the relentless chaos of the city overwhelms him, pulling him into a spiral of misfortune that leads to poverty and the grip of alcoholism.

Maldito amor: Demasiado tarde

1999

Little Saints poster
5.0

After St. Jude appears in Esperanza's oven, she sets out to find her daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances. The journey forces Esperanza to challenge her own beliefs and face her fears in order to be reunited with her beloved daughter.

Little Saints

1999

La mudanza poster
5.8

Between chargers, noise and improvisedly placed furniture, a couple experiences a violent marital crisis, ignoring that they are observed by many characters that will soon face them with their own demons. Inspired by a work by Vicente Leñero, Gabriel Retes orchestrates a portrait without concessions of the hell of the marriage institution and love chaos, made in video format in 1990 and completed by the filmmaker more than a decade later.

La mudanza

1990

City of the Blind poster
5.2

Over more than thirty years, a department of the Condesa in Mexico City, is the setting in which they are carried out ten stories, mixed, form one whose only constant is the rupture. The passage of time and the outside world only guess through the windows and objects that come with the characters. The set is a great solitude, possible in a city of the blind.

City of the Blind

1991

Men with Guns poster
6.3

Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.

Men with Guns

1998

Luces de la noche poster
5.7

On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.

Luces de la noche

1998

The Edge of the Earth poster
6.6

In a small town where nothing ever happens, the inhabitants learn about a place at the edge of the earth where money and women are abundant. When they see the oportunity to go and work illegaly in the United States, they jump at the chance. Meanwhile Andrés and Gregorio go to the town searching for treasures and they only find Matilde, the rest of the women in the town left, tired of waiting for the men to return.

The Edge of the Earth

1995

La Ley de las Mujeres poster
5.6

A group of women take the law in their own hands after a friend has been raped and killed by some masked men.

La Ley de las Mujeres

1995

How Did I Come to Fall in Love With You? poster
8.8

The history of Los Bukis, from its humble beginning to its successful tour, going through problems and intrigues.

How Did I Come to Fall in Love With You?

1990

Sin remitente poster
5.8

A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke in this pessimistic Mexican drama. The trouble begins when crotchety postman Andre begins complaining about his young neighbor Marianna's propensity for playing loud music every time she entertains a lover. To get back at him, Marianna begins sending him anonymous love letters. The old man is intrigued by the mysterious letters and hires a cheap detective to find their author. The detective is convinced the perpetrator is Teresita, a veteran hooker who joins in on the scheme to earn a little extra cash. Andre's friend and colleague tries to warn Andre that it is all a game, but his friend is in love and will not listen. Meanwhile, Marianna attempts to woo Luis Felipe, a hard, unfeeling tabloid journalist who has her take grisly pictures of murder victims for him. Both Marianna and Andre are destined to meet an unpleasant fate at the story's end.

Sin remitente

1995

Circuito interior poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Circuito interior

1999

Series credits

The Inmate poster
7.0

A former U.S. Marine, Lázaro Mendoza, enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple murder. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous band of inmates and guards that operate inside and outside of prison who are the prime suspects of the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of U.S. Judge, John Morris. Inside La Rotunda, Lázaro has to find out who carried out the kidnapping and the whereabouts of the girl.

The Inmate

2018

Cuando seas mía poster
7.8

Cuando Seas Mia is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca. It was the second reunion for Silvia Navarro and Sergio Basañez as protagonists.

Cuando seas mía

2001

Your Love Is My Fortune poster
7.7

My fortune is loving you tells the story of Natalia and Chente, who both suffer different situations that change their lives instantly. Natalia comes from a high social position; however, she loses everything when Adrián, her husband, leaves her for what was "her best friend" after 20 years of marriage, in addition, he leaves her on the street and penniless. Vicente, from a different socioeconomic class than Natalia, falls into the hands of a financial fraud that also leaves him in a very difficult economic situation, adding the recent loss of Lucía, his wife, at the hands of a bank robbery in which she was. For Natalia and Chente, they have no choice but to live under the same roof, with which, upon meeting the relationship, they will go through a lot of ups and downs of emotions when they try to resolve their personal situations.

Your Love Is My Fortune

2021

Mujeres Asesinas poster
7.3

An anthology series featuring women from different walks of life who are driven to violence and murder because of circumstances varying from mental illness and domestic violence to humiliation and manipulation.

Mujeres Asesinas

2022

Natural Born Narco poster
9.4

Aurelio Casillas is a boy who aims high in life; he becomes close to Don Cleto, a dangerous criminal; together they build an empire, but also are met with an inevitable encounter with destiny.

Natural Born Narco

2022

My hidden truth poster
7.6

My Hidden Truth's main ingredients are revenge, uncertainty, reunions, and love. The telenovela follows the story of Aitana (González), a woman who appears tough because she was raped as a young woman by the Lizárraga brothers, against whom she swears revenge. Life surprises her when she falls in love with Luciano (Chocarro), the eldest of the Lizárraga brothers.

My hidden truth

2025

Si Dios Me Quita La Vida poster
7.5

Si Dios Me Quita La Vida is a telenovela made by Mexican TV network Televisa. This telenovela was broadcast in 1995. This is a remake of the 1961 telenovela La Leona starred by Amparo Rivelles and Ernesto Alonso.

Si Dios Me Quita La Vida

1995

Las Lunas del Auditorio poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Las Lunas del Auditorio

2002

El Gallo de Oro poster
8.0

The story of a passionate love between La Caponera, a palenque singer, and possessor of a gift that gives luck to the man who accompanies her, and Dionisio, a strange and introverted town crier, as they wander from fair to fair through the center of the country.

El Gallo de Oro

2023

Malverde: El Santo Patrón poster
8.8

Jesús Juárez overcomes his childhood as an orphan to become a Robin Hood like hero During the Mexican Revolution, but can't forget his first love - Isabel.

Malverde: El Santo Patrón

2021

Mama Drama poster
6.2

Four young mothers strengthen their friendship beyond their children's school chat group after an intense school camping trip, where they discover who is having an affair with one of their husbands.

Mama Drama

2025

Infinito Amor poster
9.6

No synopsis available yet.

Infinito Amor

2026

Corazón en Condominio poster
NR

Corazón en Condominio is a Mexican telenovela produced by Azteca in 2013. It stars Victor García and Cynthia Rodríguez as the main protagonists. It is based on "Vecinos", a Colombian telenovela by Caracol. As of September 2, 2013, Azteca is broadcasting Corazón en Condominio at 7:30pm, replacing Destino. Corazón en Condominio has started filming since August 1, 2013.

Corazón en Condominio

2013

No artwork available
NR

Pobre Rico Pobre is a Mexican telenovela, based on the Colombian telenovela Nuevo Rico Nuevo Pobre. The show started 21 April 2008.

Pobre Rico Pobre

2008

Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí poster
7.3

In a world dominated by men, a tenacious woman with an outspoken personality makes headway into success through the use of determination, perseverance and savviness.

Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí

2017

Bronco The Series poster
7.8

This is the story of José Guadalupe Esparza and his three friends, and how they became one of the most successful regional music bands in México: Bronco. Together, they will fight the music industry establishment, escaping poverty and facing discrimination. After years of great and hard work, they managed to sell out their good-bye show at the Azteca Stadium in 1997, with over 30 million records sold all over the region.

Bronco The Series

2019

Juegos interrumpidos poster
8.2

A Mexican-American mother discovers her adopted son was trafficked. Facing a moral dilemma, she searches for the truth, jeopardizing her family's emotional stability and lives.

Juegos interrumpidos

2024

El Junior: El mirrey de los capos poster
8.2

No synopsis available yet.

El Junior: El mirrey de los capos

2020

Los Sánchez poster
NR

Los Sánchez is a Mexican telenovela that started on September 20, 2004 and ended on January 13, 2006. It starred Luis Felipe Tovar, Martha Mariana Castro, Leticia Huijara, Libertad and Alejandro Bracho.

Los Sánchez

2004